Parallel Verses New International Version He will suck the poison of serpents; the fangs of an adder will kill him. King James Bible He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. Darby Bible Translation He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him. World English Bible He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him. Young's Literal Translation Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper. Job 20:16 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleHe shall suck the poison of asps - That delicious morsel, that secret, easily-besetting sin, so palatable, and so pleasurable, shall act on the life of his soul, as the poison of asps would do on the life of his body. The poison is called the gall of asps, it being anciently supposed that the poison of serpents consists in their gall, which is thought to be copiously exuded when those animals are enraged; as it has been often seen that their bite is not poisonous when they are not angry. Pliny, in speaking of the various parts of animals, Hist. Nat. lib. xi., c. 37, states, from this circumstance, that in the gall, the poison of serpents consists; ne quis miretur id (fel) venenum esse serpentum. And in lib. xxviii., c. 9, he ranks the gall of horses among the poisons: Damnatur (fel) equinum tantum inter venena. We see, therefore, that the gall was considered to be the source whence the poison of serpents was generated, not only in Arabia, but also in Italy. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge the poison the viper's Library June 9 EveningThe triumphing of the wicked is short.--JOB 20:5. Thou shalt bruise his heel.--This is your hour, and the power of darkness.--As the children are partakers of flesh and blood he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.--Having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about … Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path God. Cross References Deuteronomy 32:24 I will send wasting famine against them, consuming pestilence and deadly plague; I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts, the venom of vipers that glide in the dust. Deuteronomy 32:33 Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras. Job 6:4 The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God's terrors are marshaled against me. Proverbs 23:32 In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper. Jump to Previous Adder Asps Cause Cobra Cobras Death Fangs Gall Kill Mouth Poison Serpents Slay Slays Snake Snakes Suck Tongue Venom Viper Viper'sJump to Next Adder Asps Cause Cobra Cobras Death Fangs Gall Kill Mouth Poison Serpents Slay Slays Snake Snakes Suck Tongue Venom Viper Viper'sLinks Job 20:16 NIVJob 20:16 NLT Job 20:16 ESV Job 20:16 NASB Job 20:16 KJV Job 20:16 Bible Apps Job 20:16 Biblia Paralela Job 20:16 Chinese Bible Job 20:16 French Bible Job 20:16 German Bible Job 20:16 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |